WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

WTO documents

Much of the detail of the Organization's work is recorded
only in the official documents of the councils, committees, working
groups etc. These are made available through the
Documents Online
database, which can be used in several different ways.

Documents Online

There are several ways of using this:

Preconfigured searches on the website’s main pages

Many pages in Trade Topics and
other sections contain links within boxes marked “Search Documents
Online”. Clicking on the links automatically retrieves lists of relevant
documents from Documents Online. You can then select and download the
document(s) which interest you.

The Browse facility of Documents Online

Not sure what series of documents are available? Documents Online
includes some automatic searches producing lists of frequently-requested
documents such as newest documents, records of WTO bodies’ meetings,
documents for meetings, background papers etc.

Search in Documents Online

You can define the search yourself, if you know the “symbol” (the
document code number, usually on the top right of the first page) or
other criteria (such as document date or a keyword in the title). But
define the search carefully because Documents Online contains over
100,000 documents.

Documents for Meetings

Quick access to the list of meetings of official bodies of the WTO, by date or by subject; retrieve, consult and download documents relating to the meetings cited. Data available from January 2003 onwards.